Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux
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@mib2berlin What do you mean only a basic installation?
Do you mean you are running it as a LiveUSB without installing it?
I don't remember having to download so many dependencies. Also, all of the media worked out of the box with no problem.
Which desktop environment are you running? Budgie, Gnome, MATE or KDE?
Installed package: Name : vivaldi-stable, version: 2.9.1705.41, release: 85 Summary : Vivaldi Web Browser Description : An advanced browser made with the power user in mind. Licenses : Distributable Component : network.web.browser Dependencies : libgtk-3 dbus libxcomposite libxi expat libxcursor libxtst libgcc libnspr libxcb pango cups libxfixes glib2 util-linux libnss libcairo alsa-lib glibc libx11 libxscrnsaver gdk-pixbuf libxrender libatk libxdamage libxext libxrandr at-spi2-atk at-spi2 Distribution : Solus, Dist. Release: 1 Architecture : x86_64, Installed Size: 216.42 MB Reverse Dependencies:
As for Dolphin, that file manager is designed for the KDE platform. Solus KDE is currently in testing and is only available on the unstable branch. There are issues with the theming that can be fixed if you know how to alter .config files.
Caja integrates very well into the Budgie desktop.
There is a very powerful multi-paned file manager capable of letting you work with your files stored in the cloud called Polo that is not in the official repos. It is a beta release but on my system has proven to be quite stable.
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Thanks for help but I am long term OpenSuse user since 20 years or something.
I tested Budgie, never liked Gnome based distros.
With basic I meant a Opensuse iso is 4 GB, most software you can imagine is already installed.
It was only a quick test, all hardware was working but I cant create a desktop shortcut for Vivaldi, for example. Horror for a Windows user.
Solus seams nice and fast so far-Cheers, mib
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I like to mention today Windows Server 2012 update leads to a update loop, real embarrassing.
Breaking your installation, reset defaults and/or spy settings after update happens several times on Windows 10 last years, too.
If your hardware can manage Windows 10 I am fine with it, many of my customers and friends use it but say Windows is working seamless compare to Linux is really to simple.Cheers, mib
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Basically, for users who 90% use their PC to surf the web, the OS they use is irrelevant.
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@Catweazle Yes, but it's always better when it perfectly integrates with the browser
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@akapune again, there is no "which Vivaldi". It's just Vivaldi, there's only one, it doesn't have different versions of itself for different Linux OS's.
I think what you're actually asking is which flavor of Linux does Vivaldi work with? I can't answer that with certainty, but since Vivaldi works on Linux, I'd assume that it works on any Linux distro, because bottom line is, Linux is Linux, in any flavor. -
@jrsilvey Thanks for that! Very informative.
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@potmeklecbohdan said in Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux:
@Catweazle Yes, but it's always better when it perfectly integrates with the browser
Currently almost any OS does (Ok, Vivaldi iPhone does not).But in general it is irrelevant if you use Vivaldi on Windows, Linux or MacOS, there are no differences on the internet.
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Dual Boot, keeping any old Windows, switching whenever, between, the best of both worlds.
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@mossman: I have not had experience with all those distros but may I also suggest Open Mandriva, Debian, or Knoppix all good, stable Linux distros that support 32bit OSs. you may have to build off the basic OS, but that should not be too much of an issue.
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@Christian-Rauch This is, quite literally, one of the most important and informative posts I have ever read about current technical milestones and pitfalls facing Linux today.
Despite a great deal of knowledge in the areas of virtualization and containerization (self-taught hobbyist who likes to tinker here) I have very little interest in Windows managers. I had -no- idea that Wayland had the kind of influence on isolation and overall security that it until you put it in these terms.
Where would the best place be to become more informed on the X11 vs Wayland development and technical issues?
Now I am interested in Windows & Display Management
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Donβt forget the desktop environment (DE), if you have an older machine, you should use a lightweight DE. Xfce would be perfect.
inxi -S System: Host: sidzeug Kernel: 5.3.13-towo.1-siduction-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 Distro: siduction 18.3.0 Patience - xfce - (201805132203)
(Siduction is not for beginners, although it was me when I first installed Sidux [based on Debian/Sid])
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@mossman You left a really amazing, lightning quick distro that has a 32-bit version available but would be hard to find if you weren't already aware of it called Porteus. Reviews and other info can be found on their DistroWatch page.
I was trying to refurbish a 32-bit dinosaur I found at my family's house. I can't recall the specs but the machine itself was built in 2004 and I was able to run Porteus LXQt on it and it was -FAST-. Porteus runs in system RAM as a Live system. It is based on Slack.
I am not sure of your proficiency with Linux but Slack can be very difficult and, indeed, it surpassed my skills to figure out how to package every darn thing myself. I tried with Porteus version 3.2 and you needed to build the web browser from source before you could connect to the web. Porteus 4.0 dealt with this issue and you can build the browser of your choice (Firefox, Opera, Palemoon, and a few others) with just a few clicks.
Porteus is available in MULTIPLE DE's and this was reason I learned about the difference in them when I was first starting Linux.
As you can see by the image below all of the ISOs are small enough to fit on a CD for machines without a DVD or USB boot option.
Porteus's build page is no longer maintained and you have to reach it through their mirror sites. I use the first one listed located on a vim.org FTP Server
The only Desktop Environment I was unable to run successfully with KDE. I could get into the CLI but was never able to get the DE to successfully load.
Other than that Porteus was, and remains, one my favorite distros because of how blazing FAST it is and it's lack of persistence.
Good luck and feel free to message me if you run into any problems! If you do try a pLop CD boot loader and that should solve any problems with USB boot issues.
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@Pathduck Forbes just recently did an article on Linux Gaming which featured multiple parts and Part 3 featured Solus.
Chris Titus is a Youtuber that went from being an IT professional who specialized in Windows and other Microsoft products and services and decided to give that up and work on promoting, explaining and spreading knowledge about what Linux is, how it works, and why and how you can start using it.
He recently did a video on the release of Fedora 31 and the multiple features it offered. He is an avid gamer and he was impressed with the ease of setting up a gaming environment in Fedora 31 and explained and showed exactly the steps you should take to enable all of the most used services.
Hope those links can help you or others get some more insight on gaming on Linux!
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@onurmarc Ugh, I couldn't disagree more. If you are going to dual-boot Windows and any Linux distro I would definitely suggest doing so on different hard drives completely rather than doing it on the same drive. Microsoft has worked diligently to make it difficult (well nigh impossible for non-technical users) to install Linux with the implementation of UEFI and the use of Secure Boot.
With any install of Linux I always make sure Windows exists FIRST because if you install it after any Linux installation that uses an EFI it will most definitely steal the control from the bootloader and force you to reconfigure the grub loader. I have even seen cases where external drives that used to have Windows installations on them but were simply being used for storage were able to mangle Linux dual or multi-bootlloaders.
Once Solus 4 came out I was able to leave Windows behind completely. It is extremely liberating not to have to be held back by a program that is designed to track you and invade your privacy. Using my computer with Windows on it became a daily nightmare of constant updating that I no longer have to worry about and even if I miss a few updates Linux is far more secure than anything Microsoft offers.
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@Koolio Have you ever used Linux in any capacity? Or, just shouting?
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@chdsl said in Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux:
@Koolio Have you ever used Linux in any capacity? Or, just shouting?
For what it describes, he have tried it, but surely many years ago, where Linux was indeed quite poor in its functions, or some very simple distro that can really be worse than XP.
He should consider, that there are currently many distros, which in particular functionality, leave Windows in diapers.
The problematic of Linux is another, as described before (software, certain drivers,etc) -
@mib2berlin said in Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux:
Hi, tried Solus today from USB3 pendrive and seams quite speedy but it is only a basic installation. You have to install 80 dependencies to run Vivaldi, 120 to install Dolphin.
May it need restart but Dolphin does not work without.
Vivaldi is not installed in the default directory so propritary media does not work without fiddling. It is nice but no distro for Linux beginners.
Will check other media later, btw. no Gimp installed per default.Cheers, mib
I imagine you haven't updated, that's why it's saying it needs 80 and 120 dependencies, it means there are updates that need to be applied in order to install Vivaldi/Dolphin and it's dependencies.
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@mib2berlin said in Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux:
Thanks for help but I am long term OpenSuse user since 20 years or something.
I tested Budgie, never liked Gnome based distros.
With basic I meant a Opensuse iso is 4 GB, most software you can imagine is already installed.
It was only a quick test, all hardware was working but I cant create a desktop shortcut for Vivaldi, for example. Horror for a Windows user.
Solus seams nice and fast so far-Cheers, mib
Solus doesn't install 30,000 applications you'll never need. It keeps it basic (web browser, office suite, email client, file manager, etc) and allows you to build from there if you need more, however many users don't need more.
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@justinzobel said in Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux:
@mib2berlin said in Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux:
Thanks for help but I am long term OpenSuse user since 20 years or something.
I tested Budgie, never liked Gnome based distros.
With basic I meant a Opensuse iso is 4 GB, most software you can imagine is already installed.
It was only a quick test, all hardware was working but I cant create a desktop shortcut for Vivaldi, for example. Horror for a Windows user.
Solus seams nice and fast so far-Cheers, mib
Solus doesn't install 30,000 applications you'll never need. It keeps it basic (web browser, office suite, email client, file manager, etc) and allows you to build from there if you need more, however many users don't need more.
Many users for home use do not even need much more than, as this, an email client and a browser.
For punctual use there are excellent online applications that are enough for this